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TnOMAs s. WILEs, OE ALBANY, AND FREDERIC W. BROWN, OE TROY,

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STAND-PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 424,395, dated March 25, 1890.

Application filed December 24, 1887. Serial No. 258,923. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS S. VVILES and FREDERIC IV. BROWN, citizens of the United States, residing at Albany and Troy, respectively, in the counties of Albany and Rensselaer, State of New York, have invented oertainnew and useful Improvements in Stand-Pipes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to portable watertowers or stand-pipes used by re departments to discharge water from an elevation upon a li-re in a high building.

Tater-towers have heretofore been made in a telescopic form. In this invention, however, the tower is so constructed as to be raised from a horizontal to a `vertical position and extended to any desired height by means of hydraulic pressure. Itis also provided with means for delivering the stream of water from the nozzle at the top of the tower in any desired direction.

In large cities buildings are now carried to a great height, and the streets are often narrow and usually encumloered with wires and other obstructions, and it is therefore difficult for the iire department to reach a fire in the upper stories of a high building or to make adequate efforts to extinguish it. To meet this want devices of various kinds have been conceived to avoid the danger and delay in carrying up hose on ladders in the old manner. Some of the machines suggested have had other objects in view in connection with the water servicewsuch as saving life and N goods and enabling firemen to gain access to high buildings, ttewand others have been made simply for the delivery of a stream of water. Our invention pertains to a machine of the latter class, and is simple, automatic, and speedy in its operation.

On account of the weight of the column of water in the tower and of the strain produced by that weight and the pressure necessarily employed to throw the water to the distance required the apparatus must be strong in construction, rm on base, and not too heavy to be easily transported.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be hereinafter described, and the novel features thereof particularly pointed out in the claims.

--`-"Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective of the entire apparatus, the standpipe being closed andin a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a front elevation showing the lowest and next to the lowest sections of the standpipe telescopically extended and in a vertical position. Fig. 3 is a rear elevatiomthe stantipipe being in the position shown in Fig. l. Figs. 4 to 9 are details of theadjustable locking mechanism for retaining the stand-pipe in a vertical or other desired position. Figs. l() to 16 are details showing the construction of the truck body or platform. Fig. 17 is a front elevation, with parts in section, of the upper` end of the stand-pipe. Fig. 17 is a longitudinal sect-ion of the pipe adjacent to the nozzle, the nozzle-controlling devices being mounted thereon. Fig. 17" is a detail in transverse section on line :r of Fig. i7. Fig. 18 is a central transverse section of the joint employed in connecting two sections of the stand-pipe. Fig. 19 is a side elevation of the same with the clamping devices and the connections of the nozzle-rotating shafts. Fig. 19 is a preferred form of connecting the sections Of the pipe-connecting sleeve. Figs. 20, 2l, and 22 are details of mechanism employed in locking and unlocking the braces of the standpipe-lifting cylinders. Figs. 23 to 26 are plans of the various yokes employed. Fig. 27 is a front elevation of the case for the valve mechanism employed at t-he butt of the stand-pipe. Fig. 28 is a front elevation, and Fig. 29 an end elevation, of the gate employed in the case shown in Fig. 27. Fig. 30 is aplan and partial section of the butt of the pipe and the valve mechanism therein. Fig. 3l is a central vertical section of Fig. 30; and Fig. 32 is a similar section to that of Fig'. 31, the cutoff being shown in its lowest posit-ion. Figs. 33 to 3G are details of the check-valve employed at the butt of the stand-pipe. Figs. 37 to al are details of the gear-inclosing case employed. Figs. 42 to 45 are respectively plans and vertical sections of the nozzle-rotating gear and the cap for the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the figures of the drawings.

A represents the truck, suitably mounted IOO upon wheels and having its sills or side rails formed, as clearly shown in Figs. 10 to 16, of channel-irons A A2 A3 A4 and of plates A5, secured to the edges thereof by suitable bolts or rivets. The channel-iron A4 extends from end to end of the sills, while at the upper edge the irons A A2 are placed a slight distance below the upper edge of the plates A5, so as to form the grooves extending from the end toward the middle of each sill. The channel-iron A4 is divided at middle of sill to admit the cylinder. The channel-iron A3 is laid flush with the top of the sill along the middle portion thereof, and is bent downwardly, as at ASX, to form a recess for the reception of the foot of a brace employed in connection with the stand-pipe-elevating cylinder. The disposition of the channel-irons in the upper edge of the sill will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 14, which isa section of Fig. 12 on the line 1, Fig. 15, which isa section on the line 2, and Fi 16, which is a section on the line 3 of said figure. At about middle length of each sill the plates and irons thereof are shaped to form pockets AG for the reception of the stand-pipe-elevating cylinders. Re-enforcing bands A7 may be arranged on the outside of the plates to embrace the pockets in order to strengthen thesame.A Adjacent to the cylinder-pockets a cross-beam A8 is arranged, having its front edge set back. Any suitable platform, as A, is arranged in rear of the cylinder-pockets, and any suitable bracing, as A10, is arranged at the front of the truck, which is thus provided with a platform at the rear end and opening at the front, through which opening, as will hereinafter appear, the stand-pipe proper passes when being brought to a vertical position.

B represents the lower or fixed section of the stand-pipeelevating cylinders, and these are arranged in the pockets A5, so as to be rigidly held therein, and are strengthened by a suitable p system of truss-rods extending from each cylinder to the sill of the truck in which it is mounted. Truss-straps B extend from the upper end of the sill or from a collar affixed thereto. Similar truss-straps extend from the lower edge of the sill to a band B2, secured about the cylinder below the sill and connected with the casting forming the lower end of the cylinder by rods B5, which assist in preventing the collar B2 from being drawn upwardly along the cylinder. Truss-rods B4 extend from the bottom of the cylinder to the lower edge of the sill at points farther from the center of the sill than do the straps B.

C represents the movable section of the telscopic cylinders employed for raising the stand-pipe proper. From the upper end of the said section O, or from a collar or head mounted thereon, are braces B5 B6, the former extending rearwardly and the latter forwardly and riding upon the upper edge of the sills, the 'A feet B5X sliding in the grooves formed by arran ging' the channel-irons A A2 below the edges of the plates A5, as'hereinbefore described.

On the inner sides of the opposite sills 0fthe platform are arranged a pair of rack-bars G. A cross-shaft G, having a handle G2, arranged on the outside of one of the sills, is provided with a pinion G2, adapted to mesh with the oppositely-arranged rack-bars. Between the plates A5 of each sill and at each of the recesses formed by the bends ASX in the irons A A2 are arranged sliding bars or bolts G4, the function of each of which is to close the recesses and to form a track on the same level with the bars A2 when the sliding bars or bolts are thrown into said recesses, as shown in Fig. 22, so as to facilitate the lowering of the movable sections of the standpipe-elevating cylinders. The function of the rack-bars is to withdraw the bolts or bars G4 from the recesses in order that the latter may serve to lock or retain the feet of the v braces from spreading when the sections of the cylinder are elevated. The upper rack` bar G is connected by a pin, bolt, or arm G5 t0 the front bar or bolt G, and the lower rack-bar G is bent, as at G5, to pass the cylinder-pocket A5, and isV then bent upwardly and connected, as at G7, with the opposite bar G4 by a pin or bolt similar to the bolt G5, the bolts passing through slots G8, formed in the plates A5. The connections of the rackbars at either side of the truck-body are the same, and, there being a pinion on the shaft G for each pair of rack-bars, it will be seen that by .means of the handle G2 all of the sliding bars may be simultaneously operated.

Instead of forming the recesses in a groove by bending the plates, as at ASX, the feet B5X may be made to embrace the upper edge of the rails or sills and notches or recesses formed therein. At their lower ends vthe cylinders B are connected by a curved pipe B7, (see Fig. 6,) having connected therewith a T branch B8, provided with valves BSX and bibs B9, to which a hose may be connected for supplying water to the cylinders B. Now it will be seen that when the water is let into the cylinders B the movable section thereof will be raised, and the braces B5 B6 will travel from the ends toward the middle of the sills until they reach the recessesl formed at the bends ASX of the channel-irons, when the feet of the braces will drop into the recesses thus formed and abut against the inner ends of the outer sections A A2 of the channel-irons, and thusserve to maintain the `cylinders C in an extended position, and Valso materially lessen the load which said cylinders are required to support.

In order to maintain the feet of the braces within the grooves in the top of the sills and to regulate the movement of the same, ,so as to render it uniform, and to provide a limit to said movement, a rod B10 extends from the collar B2on each of the cylinders B upwardly and serves as a guide for a block B, mounted thereon. From the said block there extend IOO IIO

from each of the braces B5 B6 truss-rods B12, y and these rods, the sliding block, and the rod B10, with the upper and lower collars B2, serve the purposes and functions just mentioned. A side brace B13 is pivotally connected with the cylinders, 'either at the top of the cylinder B, as shown in Fig. l, or at the top of the movable cylinder O, as shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose of being swung out to a position at the side of the machine and embracing it laterallyl The detailed construction of the brace B1S is shown in Fig. 2, it having a socketed interiorly-screw-threaded eye B11, which is connected with a hook or bolt or other suitable lock formed on the collar or cap-piece of the section with which it is employed. The rod alsohas rigid arms B15 for the purpose of turning the same, so that the screw-threaded ends thereof may be rotated in the eye-socket and in the socket B16, which is pointed for the purpose of giving firm hold in the earth or other foundation. Now it'will be seen that a firm bracing of the machine laterally can be secured by means of the brace-rods just described, and either before or after the liftingcylinders are extended. When not in use as braces, the rods B13 may be supported in any suitable manner on the truck-as, for example, by a hook B17, Fig. l.

O is a cross-beam extending` from the top of one of the sections C to the other and curved to the front-that is, opposite to the curvature of the cross-beam A8 of the platform. From this beam there depend hangers C2, which terminate in bearings for the trunnions C3 of a gimbal-ring C4 on the pivots C5, upon which is supported the lower section of the stand-pipe proper. Now it Willbe seen that by reason of the gimbalsupport of thestandpipe and of the forward curvature of the crossbeam C', the rear offsetting of the cross-beam A? of the truck-frame,and the open rear portion of the truck-frame, as the cylinders B or their movable sections C are extended by the admission of water, as described, the stand-pipe proper can swing from a horizontal to a vertical position. Now, in order to control or in a measure direct the stand-pipe in its movements from a horizontal to a vertical position, or the reverse, so as to bring its butt and top to a substantially common horizontal plane, there is pivotally connected with the lower` section of the stand-pipe a lever C, (see Fig. 1,) which is adapted to be secured at its free end under a hook C7, also secured to the lower section of the stand-pipe. The shape of this lever is such that in going with the stand-pipe through the movements described it comes into contact with the rollers CS, mounted on the brace B6, and these parts act to guide or control the butt of the standpipe in said movement. Cross-bar C moves, when elevated and lowered, in a vertical plane. In the same vertical plane the gimbal-support mechanism of the stand-pipe is pivoted. The upper end of the brace BG is also pivoted in the same vertical plane,while `B for riding along the sills.

its lower ends travel in a horizontal planeviz., along the upper edges of the side railsso that an intermediate point on the braceas, for example, at the roller (lg-takes a resultant course, which is curvilinear, or a combined upward and rearward movement. The lever CS contines the lower part of the standpipe in such a manner as to cause it to follow the brace in said movement, insteadof permitting it to swing freely and uncontrolled from a horizontal to a vertical position.. The lever need not be necessarily curved, although it is preferably so, to reduce to a minimum the friction of the moving parts upon each other. lf the lever is discarded, the lower part of the stand-pipe is left free to accumulate a momentum in cases where the cylinders B are suddenly extended in the-act`of erecting the stand-pipe. This is prevented by the use of a lever or guiding-bar or ,connection of any description between the brace and the stand-pipe.

An arm C9, Figs. l and 3, serves the simple purpose of supporting the ,top portion` of the stand-pipe when in a horizontal position upon the truck. This arm may project either from the stand-pipe or from the truck.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the brace B is composed of a truss framework, and that it terminates in two legs, which, as more clearly shown in Fig. l, have the feet The trussing of this brace renders it strong, and the construction of the leg portions without any crosstrussing adapts the brace as a Whole to bestride the stand-pipe when in a horizontal position, and thus co-operates with` the curvature of the cross-beams and open portion of the platform of the truck in permitting of the stand-pipe to be changed from` a horizontal to the vertical position, and the reverse. The braces B5 are,however, separately constructed, and each is in the form of a ladder, thus providing means for access to a platform (C10, se-

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cured to the stand-pipe so as to occupy a pot sition above the cross-beam C when the pipe is elevated. The platform is for the purpose of giving the operator access to the various clamps and valve-controlling devices, hereinafter described. NVhen the pipe is elevated, as shown in Fig. 2, adjustable guy-bolts D are brought into operation for the purpose of securing the pipe against accidental" displacement from a vertical or angular position. When. extended to a great distance and properly braced, this apparatus is so constructed that the pipe may, if desired, and if circumu stances require it, be inclined more or less from a true perpendicular; but in practical operation the nearer to a true perpendicular the stand-pipe is brought the more stableit is. The guy-bolts D are connected at one end with the curved pipe or with bracketsD, mounted on or secured thereto.

brackets are mounted pins or bolts D3, held from upward displacement by a key or pin D1, passing through thebolt below the bracket.

In these The upper end of the pin or bolt D3 is bifurcated, and has pivoted in the vbifurcations a nut D5, adapted to t the bolt D. A hand- Wheel or other bolt-operating device DJl is mounted upon the bolt D, and the latter terminates in a spherical head D7.

To the stand-pipe and near its butt are secured casings DS, in which are two rigid seats D, one arranged below and the other above the head D7 of the bolt when inserted therein. Each of the cases is provided with an oblong slot DSX, which is sufiicient for the entrance of the head D7 of the bolt. lVithin the casing' is a cylinder D10, having a slot D10X, adapted to embrace the bolt adjacent to its head. The' cylinder D10 is by a pin D11 connected to a rod D12, passing through the cap D12, which is screw-threaded upon the case. rlhe upper seat D9* is bored longitudinally for the rod D12 and slotted transversely, as at D12X, for the passage of the pin D11therethrough, so that the cylinder may be raised and lowered Within the case to permit of the insertion and withdrawal of the head of the bolt therefrom and to maintain the bolt therein by passing the. cylinder so that the slot D10X embraces the bolt adjacent to the head. Now, when the proper connections are made at each end of the bolt D by turning the hand-wheel DG, the butt of vthe stand-pi pe may be moved inA different directions with relation to the curved pipe with which. it Vis connected, and thus the stand-pipe may be disposed perpendicularly or at an angle, as desired.

`The stand-pipe proper is composed of a series of pipes tted to each other telescopically, the lower section E being the largest and adapted to receive the upper section E3 and the intermediate sections E E2. Any desired number of sections may be used.

Referring to Figs. 18 and 19, the construction of the joints or couplings of the sections comprises a casting E4, interiorly screwthreaded for connection with a lower section of a pair. The casting also has an inner annular iiange E5, which serves a double function-that of a seat for suitable packing E.6 and as an abutment for a coiled or other spring E7, arranged between the flanges E8, formed at the lower end of the upper section E2 of the pair. A gland E9 is provided for compressing the packing, and is operatively connected with the casting by bolts E10. Ears E11 are formed on the casting E4 for the pivotal connection of straps E12, which extend from the casting E2 to a clamping-band E13, which embraces the upper section of a pair.

E14 represents the pivots or bolts passing through the ears E11 and through the straps E12. The upper ends of the straps are secured to the clamping-band by bolts E15, which may be provided with a lever or hand-wheel E16, whereby the clamping-band may be brought snugly against and around the upper section of a pair to maintain it in any desired position-primarily, an extended position with relation to an adjacent section, and, secondarily, in a retracted position within an adjacent lower section. When the stand-pipe is in a vertical position with the sections thereof closed telescopically, allot the clamping-bands E12 and levers or hand-wheels E16 are in a position accessible from the platform C10, so that an operator upon said platform may successively loosen the clamping-bands of the sections, beginning with the upper, and thus permit the same to be extended by the pressure of water let into the stand-pipein a manner hereinafter described. The clampingbands also serve the purpose of securing the sections at any point between the ends thereof, as when desirous of extending the standpipe to less than its full height. The casting E4, which serves the function of a coupling between the sections, is also provided with diametrically-opposite pairs of lugs E17, provided at their extremities with vertical tubular bearings tor supporting a series of telescoping tubes coextensible with the sections of the stand-pipe proper and connected so as to communicate a rotary motion from one tube to the other of the series for the purpose of controlling the nozzle and co-operating devices arranged at the top of the standpipe. The purpose of the spring E7, arranged between the inner annular iange of the coupling or casting Ef1 and the external ange Esof the upper section of a pair, is to cushion the same against undue concussion of these flanges when extending the stand-pipe. The butt or lower end of the stand-pipe is closed by a casting, cap, or cup F, interiorly screwthreaded, as at F', for connection with the section. A port F2 communicates with the interior and the cap is extended laterally, as

at F2, and terminates in a liange F4, through which bolts F5 are passed for the purpose of securing to the face of the flange a casing F, adapted for the connection of hose thereto and for the operation of valves therein. v

Two openings F7 are provided, one upon each side ofthe central port F2, and these openings F7 pass through the walls of the cap, so as to serve as ways for check-valves employed in connection with the supply-ports of the stand-pipe. One of the check-valves is shown in Fig. 30, it being understood that it is one of a pair, the other being arranged on the opposite side ofthe central port F2.-

In the opening F7 there is a bushing F8, and inthe bushing there is a slide or check valve F9, which comprises a cylinder (see'Fig. 33)

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one end of which has an internal spider or v lugs F10, and the opposite end of which is screw-threaded internally, as at F11, for the reception of the valve-head F12. (See Figs. 33 to 36, inclusive.) The valve-head has a wrench-hold F13 in its face, whereby the same may be inserted and removed from the cylinder. The object of the lugs or spider is to form a bearing for a removable nut or collar F11 on the rod F15, seated in a projection or lug F1( on the inner wall of the cut F at a point opposite the opening F7. A coiled spring F1T encircles the rod F15, and its tension is regulated by a movable collar F12, mounted on the rod and held in any desired position thereon by means of a set-screw F19.

F20 represents the seat for the valve F9, and it is arranged in the passage formed in the casing F, which terminates in a bib F21, adapted to operatively receive the coupling of any ordinaryhose F22.

The port F2 is opened and closed by means of a slide valve or gate F22, from which a rod F21 passes upwardly and along the lower section of the stand-pipe to a point above the platform C10, where by means of suitable gear-A ing inclosed in a case F25 and a suitable handwheel F26, projecting from said case, the desired operations of the slide valve or gate may be accomplished. In additionto the bibs F21, the casing Ff isalso provided with a discharge port or passage F27. A stuffing-box F2s is provided for the slide-valve rod F21.

The object and purpose of the cl1eck-valve F9 at the base of the stand-pipe are to prevent an unintentional descent of the sections of the stand-pipe by reason of a cutting-off ora material lessening'of the pressure of water for supplying the pipe. In case the pressure is materially lessened-for example, by the burstin got' thehose-the check-valve F9, which,hav ing been adj usted to yield to a normal pressure of incoming water, so as to be forced back to substantiallythe position shown in full lines in Fig. 30, will, by means of the pressure of the spring,be carried forwardinto its seat F20, as shownin dotted lines in said figure, and thus prevent the escape of the column of water within the stand-pipe, and so prevent the collapsing or closing telescopically of the sections thereof. The check-valves F9, there fore, will automatically enter their seats F211,

and the slide valve or gate F22, being in its upper position, as shown in Fig. 3l, will close the dischargepassage F27. New by lowering the slide valve or gate (which is shown in front and end elevations, respectively,l in Figs. 28 and 29) to the position shown'in Fig. 32 the column of water within t-he stand-pipe may be gradually discharged therefrom through the passage F21. It is also apparent that the slide valve Aor gate may be arranged in a position to close both the port F2 and the discharge-passage F27, so that the column of water is retained within the stand-pipe, and in connection with the check-valves F, seated at F20,

the disconnection of the hose or a breakage thereof may occur without the collapsing of the pipe.

An important feature of construction at this portion of the apparatus is the provision of a casing having within itself valveseats and valves necessarily employed at the butt of the standspipe, so that by simply removing the casing and without the necessity of removing the cap from the lower section of the stand-pipe all these parts areaecessible for cleaning, repairing, and other purposes. The upper end of the section E301.

the stand-pipe terminates in a casting (shown in plan in Fig. 23 and section, Fig. I7) interiorly screw-threaded for connection with the pipe E2. In this casting is formed the cylindrie chamber II, the Walls of which are represented by H. From the exterior of this chamber project radially two diametricallyopposite lugs H2, provided at their extremities wi th vertical tubular bearings H2, like E17, and with the same function. The cylindric chamber H serves as a socket in which the rotatable pipe I is fitted to rotate. The lower extremity of pipe I is expanded, forming the hollow cylinder I3, which is iitted to rotate in the socket or chamber H. The expanded portion I3 of the pipe I is retained within the socket I-I by means of the retaining ring or cap H4, secured to H by screws or other suitable means. l

Vithin the cylinder I2, with coincident axis, is the hollow cylinder It, exteriorly providedA with radial longitudinal flanges I, extending to and by any convenient means secured to the walls of I2, by which means the cylinder IL1 is maintained in position. The lower end of cylinder I4 is closed in this instance by the cap I5. The `several concentric cylindric members H, I2, and ll4 are so relatively proportioned as to afford an ample passage for water to flow freely upward from the section E2 around and past the cylinder I1 into the rotatable pipe I.

Vithin the cylinder It1 is fitted the cylindric slide-valve I7, which may be raised until,

being seated against the shoulder I2, it shall cut off the exit of water through the pipe I, in order to utilize the pressure of the water for extending the stand-pipe. The valve I7 is actuated through the valve-rod I8, located in the interior of the rotatable pipe I and suitably secured to the valve in this instance by being connected with the spider I9. The

pipe I is pierced by one or more (in this instance two) longitudinal slots I', as long as the required travel of the valve and opposite the upper extremity of the valve-rod I8. From the upper extremity of the valve-rod IB project laterally one or more (in this instance two) lugs I10, which project through the slots or slot I" somewhat beyond the exterior surface of the pipe I. Surrounding the pipe I and covering the slot or slotsI is fitted a longitudinal movable sleeve I. Any inconvenient escape of water from the slots I is prevented by the close fitting of the sleeve P to the outer surface of the pipe I, or, as in this instance, by the stuffing-boxes 0 at the ends of the sleeve P.

The inner surface of the sleeve I)- is provided with an annular groove P', which engages the lug or lugs I10. In thisinstance the annular groove P is formed as follows: The part of the sleeve P above the groove fits closely to the outer surface of the pipe I. rIhe part below the groove is interiorly of greater diameter than the pipe I, and the space intervening between P and I is filled by an TOO IIO

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intermediate sleeve P2, held in place by the packing and gland of the lower stuffing-box O, the upper end of the intermediate sleeve forming the lower margin of the groove. It is manifest that when the sleeve Pis made to move longitudinally on the pipeIthe engagement of the groove P' with the lug or lugs 140 will impart a corresponding mot-ion to the valve I7 through the valve-rod I8 without interfering with the free rotary'motion of the pipe I. The sleeve P is provided exteriorly with a lug or lugs P2, one or more of which lugs are provided at their extremities with a screw P4, axially parallel to the sleeve P. The screw P4 engages with a screw N' of opposite sex. The screw N' is either attached to the upper end of the rotatable shaft N, (to be described hereinaftelg) with common axis therewith, as in this instance, or may be parallel therewith and geared thereto. Rotary motion imparted to the shaft N, actuating the screw N', will raise or lower the sleeve P. In the present instance one of the lugs P3 terminates'in a tubular bearing P5, axially parallel to the sleeve P, which bearing is ititted for longitudinal motion to the spindle M', attached to the upper end of the rotatable shaft M, (to be described lereinafter.) By this means additional support and steadiness is afforded to the sleeve P.

The discharge-pipe K is connected with the upper end of the rotatable pipeI in the present instance by the iiexible hose K', though the connection may be made through any.

suitable iexible joint.

The sleeve P is provided exteriorly and in a plane at a right angle with the axis with a circular or partly-circular guide concentric with the sleeve P, which in this instance is the groove P'. Fitted to this guide so as to freely traverse the same is the traveler U, whichv in this instance is a ring iitting the groove P', made in halves and held together by screws or bolts passing through suitable ears on the two halves. Firmly secured to this traveler by any suitable means is the spindle Q, axially parallel to the pipe I. In this instance the lower end of the spindle is reduced in diameter and passes through a lug formed on the traveler U, and is firmly held there by the nut Q'. The parallelism of the spindle Q with the pipe I is rigidly maintained by means of the tubular guide Q2, in which the spindle Q is iitted to move longi tudinally, the guide Q2 being rigidly secured to the upper end ot' the pipe I by any suitable means, in the present instance by the collar R, Fig. 17, made in halves and bolted together, so as to embrace both the pipe I (which, in addition, is screw-threaded into it) and the tubular guide Q2.

To the upper end of the spindle Q is hinged or pivotally connected the connecting-rod or pair of rods R5, the upper end or ends of which rod or rods having pivotal connection with the discharge pipe or an attachment thereof. When longitu din al motion isimparted through the sleeve P and traveler U to the` spindle Q and conn ecting-rod or pair of rods R5, the noz-1 `ments is not impeded. In the present instance, 'where the discharge-pipe K is connected with the rotatable pipe I by tlexible hose, the iiexion of the hose is confined to the common plane ot` the axis of the pipe I and spindle Q, and the connection of the rod or rods R5 with the discharge-pipe is effected by the following mechanism: From diametricall yopposite points on the collar R and in a plane at a right angle with the desired plane of flexion of the hose arise vertically two rigidlyfixed stanchions R', 'with suiiicient clearance between them for the hose. These stanchions are pivotally connected at their ends with the ends of another similar pair R3, proceeding from diametrically-opposite points in a sleeve or runner R4, which is fitted to slide loosely on the outer surface of the discharge-pipe K. To this pair of stanchions R3 the pair ot' connecting-rods R5 (or single rod bifurcatedat its upper end) are pivotally connected, as shown in Fig. IW.'

To the upper end of the shaft M, above the bearing H2, is rigidly secured by a key or other suitable means a gear-wheel L2, which 4engages with a gear-wheel L, which is rigidly secured by a key or other suitable means to the rotatable pipe I, whereby rotary motion imparted to the shaft M is communicated to the pipe I.

In Fig. l and in Figs. 42 to 45, inclusive, are illustrated a gear-cap employed in connection with the gears L- to L2. The gear L has an annular groove L2 in its rim for the purpose of sustaining and permitting the operation of friction-rollers L4, which are mounted on studs or bolts L5, passing through the gear-cap L, which has an opening LT for the passage therethrough of the section 'of the stand-pipe and an opening L8 for the passage therethrough of the tube or rod M, which operates the pinion L2. There are three friction-rollers the bolts of which pass through the apertures L9 of the cap, whereby the rollers are rotatively secured to the cap, so that these pulleys serve to support the cap over both of the gears in such a manner as not to impede the rising and falling or rotative movements of the upper section I, yokev J, and its appendages. The rods or tubes M and N pass along the stand-pipe, one at each side thereof, and through vertical tubular bearings in the lugs E", which are formed on the various yokes employed. These rods or tubes are made in sections agreeing and coinciding with the stand-pipe proper, the upper section being, it desired, in the form ot' solid rods, while the remaining sections at each side are in the IOC IIO

form of tubes or hollow bars or rds, (see Fig.-

40,) each having a spline M', ttinga groove in the inner portion of. the next adjacent sec tion, so that the sections are capable of longitudinal movement independent of each other, but communicate a rotary movement given to the lower section to each and all of the sections above it. The duties performed by the rods at their upper ends have been stated.

At the joints of the stand-pipe and in the lugs E1yr a lower rod of a pair passes through a sleeve M2, which is secured tothe rod by a pin or bolt M3, and which has a collar adapted to t the under surface of the lug EN. This sleeve passes upwardly through the lug, as shown by dotted lines, Fig. 19, and has attached to its upper end a collar M4. The sleeve and its collars prevent longitudinal movement of the tube M and permit a rotary movement thereof. The tube M may extend completely through the sleeve and iiush with the upper surface of its upper collar and be secured at that point by the pin M5, which serves to secure the collar to the sleeve. The next section above the tube M, having the spline M', may pass through the lug E17 at the next section above of the stand-pipe and be connected therewith in a like manner, whereby each section of the telescopic tube is operated in a similar manner as the standpipe proper and `by the same means. A preferred construction is shown in Fig. 19, in which construction each pipe has a cast head or sleeve MQX, and the groove M3 is in the head or sleeve only, in which the spline in the next section rides.

Referring now to Figs. 37 to 4l, inclusive, it will be seen that a miter-gear S is affixed to the outer tube M of the series and meshes with a miter pinion-gear S1, mounted on the shaft S2, which is provided with a hand-wheel S3. The gears and shaft are mounted in a gear-case T, secured to the stand-pipe at a point accessible from the platform thereof, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. Each of the cases is formed of two parts T T', the latter forming the cover and constructed to give space internally for one-half of the gear and to pro vide one-half of the bearing for the gear S and shaft S2, the parts being secured together by bolts passing through perforated bosses F2, and the case being provided with apertured lugs T3, through which bolts are passed to clamp the same to the stand-pipe.

An inspection of Figs. 37 to 4l will show that each of the cases is adapted to conform to the gearing and tubes therein and passing therethrough and to the lower section of the stand-pipe, Fig. S7 being a side elevation of the cover; Fig. 38, a plan of the case with the cover removed, the tubes and gearing being in position; Fig. 39, a side elevation or edge view of the case; Fig. 40, a plan, the tubes being shown in section and the gear S in plan; and Fig. 4l, an end elevation looking toward the bearing of the gear-shaft S2, the cap and case being in operative position.

The object and purpose of the gear-case, to-

gether with the gear-capV L, are to protect the gearing from ice when using the apparatus in cold weather.

What we claim isl. In a stand-pipe, thc combination, with a valve of any suitable construction located in the path of water therethrough, the main conduit, and the rotatable pipe attached to the outlet of such conduit and provided with a rod for opening or closing said valve, such rod being arranged in the direction of the axial line of the conduit and having at its `upper extremity one or more projecting lugs passing through a longitudinal slot or slots in such rotatable pipe, each slotbeing as long as the required travel of the valve-rod, of a longitudinally-movable sleeve surrounding said rotatable pipe and provided with an internally-annular groove to engage the ends of the lugs projecting from the valve-rod, so that a longitudinal motion of the sleeve shall be imparted to the valve-rod, while the rotary movement of the pipe isnot impeded, said,

sleeve being adapted to prevent any inconvenient escape of water through the slots in the rotatable pipeby means of good fitting or of stuffing-boxes at each end of said sleeve, a nonrotatable screw attached to said sleeve axially parallel thereto and adapted to fit and be actuated by a rotatable screw of opposite sex, whereby said sleeve may be elevated or depressed, a rotatable shaft axially parallel to said sleeve and supported in suitable bearings, and a rotatable screw operatively connected with said rotatable shaft and adapted to engage with the screw attached to the aforementioned sleeve, lwhereby the rotation of the shaft shall elevate or depress the valve-rod and open or close the valve, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, in a stand-pipe, of, first, a pipe having a common axial line with the main conduit and so connected with the upper end of -such conduit as to be freely rotaable around its axial line; second, a discharge-pipe so connected with the upper end of said rotatable pipe by a suitable flexible joint that the axial line of said pipe may be adjusted at any angle with the axial line of said rotatable pipe 5 third, a guide arranged around said rotatable pipe concentric therewith, but not attached thereto, in a plane ata right angle with the axial line of the rotatable pipe, adapted to receive and be traversed by a suitably-formed traveler properly fitted thereto, said guide having attached to itself and being supported by a non-rotatable screw with the axis or axes parallel to axis of the rotatable pipe adapted to lit and be actuated by another rotatable screw of opposite sex, whereby said rigid guide may be elevated or depressed; fourth, atraveler of suitable form and adjusted to traverse freely said guide; fifth, a rigid link or links connecting said traveler to the dischargepipc by suitable iiexible joints, so that discharge-` IIO 

